Spray booths



Patented Aug. 7, 1951 Q PATENT OFFICE 'x'Gliester smith Detroit, Mich., assignor to Detrexflorporation, D etroit, Mich, a corporaionotMichigan t ibll ssia I! dpplication April 29, 1947,

- r al No. 744,767

1 isinyeiition relates to.compositionsLusefuI in time eprotection -of the i interior surfaces of spray j bQQthS:' B Hd th1ile, and to a process for protect- Iingdn'd aning the inner suriaces;ofisuhhspray is by, applying-acompositionadaptedto dry dating substantially 'imperviousto fthe lacmonpr oi? w ter 1m re ova le-b the use-of warin' gr hot water. *The lcompositiongo'f the ineiition-may'ialso be used inSformin g protective ting on. v lous other suriaces where; the proi tin in tilriae ihet amin ect'action oi the material being sprayed. :Such

inger s uriaceaarernormally constructed 'of'a sheet metai suchasgalvanized steel which in the courseof time takes bn a coating gf the paint or ot esmste ia lbein ereye w chsqei aes amines and m this form is' removable)? y with -great difliculty. Moreover, such accumulations present undesirable rifireLhaZ'ardaand a general lowesin'gof the reflected light level within the .Yeri ushqa in eqmp iti n c av athlete-there.eithesre u e zex es eams in their removal or, where removable by water, have been subject to the disadvantage that they were afiected by cold water and therefore lacked protection against the action of the cold water normally splashed from the water curtain or sprays during the operations carried out in the spray booth. Moreover, the coatings heretofore proposed have either been colored, light absorbing or non-reflectant and have therefore not contributed to the reflection of light within such spray booths.

One object of the present invention is to provide a protective coating composition which will avoid the disadvantages of the prior art compositions through a resistance to the action of cold water combined with characteristics which make possible its removal by the action of warm or hot water.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a protective coating composition for spray booths which will present a white, light reflectant surface impervious to the action of cold water or other substances normally present in spray booth operations.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a process for removing material deposited on the interior surfaces of spray booths and the like during their normal operation.

erceesedi r tnepmtcti f ssnft e prvi'ous to" cold water,

The composition of the present invention is prepared by forming til-suspension in water of a suitable pigment such asitalc,.whiting or chalk together with colloidalj clay. To this suspension there is added an e'rhiilsioniof s'oft wax in water. The combination of thefpig nent such as talc, with cpll oidal clay. ancl the ntiallyfimdft epicure-argues a finished coating which f'isilight refle-ctant. The final compositionghaszaboutithe consistency of paint and contains aboutl30% to 35% pigment solids, about 2%"zclayi isolili's and about 5% wax solids. In forming.th'gsoft wax emulsion an emulsifier such as a polyether sorbitan monopalmitate mixturemay be used or other emiilsifiers such as trieth'anolaiiii'rfe' bleate and the like may beused. Suitablei amounts- 'ofi'thefingredients'referredtH-above' are s't forth in the fol- The wax emulsion is stirred into the pigment suspension in an amount corresponding to one part by volume of wax emulsion to three and one-half parts by volume of pigment suspension.

Emmple 2 Pigment suspension:

Talc grams 83.0 Bentonite .do 2.0 Water cc 39.3 Wax emulsion:

Paraflin wax ..-grams 6.0 Oleic acid -.do 0.9 Triethanolamine do 0.3 Water cc 19.5

The wax emulsion is made by melting the wax to a fluid consistency with the oleic acid and then adding the triethanolamine and water with vigorous stirring. The wax emulsion thus formed is then dispersed in the pigment suspension with vigorous mixing until a. homogeneous, smooth, paint-like consistency is obtained.

The mixed polyether sorbitan monopalmitate referred to above in Example 1 may consist of a mixture of 50% Span 40 and 50% Tween 40, these being the trade names of products manufactured by Atlas Powder Company. Span 40 consists of a mixture of three monopalmitates corresponding to the-formulaez 5 1 V HOHO-: 10H:

HzC CHO C O CisHai I on p V Tween 40 is a mixture of three monopalmitate polyoxyalkalenes corresponding to the formulae:

HzC OHOHIOGOC HQ 03102103). anon and , HO OHOH (CH:CHOH)n' H30 OHCHOHCHzOCOCuHu CH 7 HC CH2 HzC OHOCOCm z! (OHzCHOHh and In actual use the above paint-like suspension is thinned with water to a proper brushing or spraying consistency and after application to the surface to be protected is allowed to dry and form a'firm, white, light refiectant surface coating. This dry coating is substantially impervious to the action of water attemperatures below 80 F.

butis-readily removable by warm orhot water.

Consequently, the coating is not removed by the cold water present in the spray booth during the spraying operation, When removal of the protective coating material and the accumulated residues is desired, the surface is flushed with a stream of warm or hot water which removes the entire protective coating, leaving the protected I surface insubstantially its original state.

. In addition to the advantage of being substantially impervious to the action of cold water and removable with warm or hot water, the present invention provides a :'?white, protective surface which reflects the light normally presentinspray booth operations and thus aids in the proper illumination of the work being processed.

While the present invention has been described in detail it will be understood that: various changes may be made by the substitution .of equivalent materials or varying amountsof "Ill aterial to obtain the desired characteristics. T

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A protective light reflectantcoating paste substantially impervious to the action. 1 cold water but removable by the action of warmwater, com. prising. substantially 27.4 grams .whiting, f 2.25 grams colloidal clay, 62.83 cubic centimeters water, 6.4 grams paraffin wax, and 1.12 grams emulsifying agent, if, V

' CHESTER W. SMITH.

REFERENCES CITED Griiiin July 10, 1945 

